Egg-carton packer.



Patented Oct. 9, I900. W. H. DAVIS.

ATE-NT Orricn.

WILLIAM H. DAVIS, OF MOPHERSON, KANSAS.

EGG-CARTON PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,469, dated October 9, 1906.

Application filed June 15, 1900.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Mc- Pherson, McPherson county, Kansas, havein- Vented a new and useful Egg-Carton Packer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to egg-carton packers; and one object is to produce a deviceof this character whereby the work of packing eggs is greatly facilitated.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which possesses the desirable features of simplicity, strength, durability, and cheapness of construction.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eggcarton packer embodying my invention and showing in operative position therein a carton ready to receive the eggs. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section of the packer. Fig. 3 is a central cross-section of the packer.

In the drawings, 1 designates the bottom of the packer, and 2 cross-strips secured to its under side, so that when the packer rests upon an egg-case of the usual construction the strips, projecting down into the case a slight distance, will prevent the packer from slipping off the case.

3 designates the sides of the packer, the same being secured to the base by means of. screws 4: or equivalent devices. In their upper edges, midway their length, the sides are provided with notches 5, in which fit snugly clamping plates or washers 6, screws 7, extending down through said clamping plates or washers, being utilized to clamp the outwardly-projecting hooks 8 firmlyin position,

said hooks by preference being formed of wire, so as to provide parallel arms 9, which are arranged at opposite sides of the screws 7 and interposed between the base of the notches and said clamping plates or washers. A pad consisting of a filling 10, of sawdust, hair, or equivalent material, and acovering, preferably of leather, as shown at 11, is secured in position by having the side edges of Serial No. 20,394. (No model.)

the leather cover interposed between the base and sides and pierced by the screws 4-, securing the sides upon the base, and its ends secured firmly upon the base bymeans of angle-plates 12, secured to the base, as shown or in any other suitable manner.

These packers may be of any desired size or capacity, but are preferably constructed to accommodate egg-cartons adapted to hold a dozen eggs, whereby the purchaser is enabled to carry them home without danger of breakage.

The carton B is provided with a filler Aof capacity to receive a dozen eggs and with flaps or covers 0, arranged to interlock with each other, and thus complete the package.

At the present time egg-shippers have no convenient means for holding the flaps or covers 0 open while the carton is being filled and accomplish this object by hand, which leaves only one hand to be used in placing the eggs therein. I have found that the work is greatly facilitated by a packer constructed in accordance with this application.

When the packer is in operative position, the hooks project outwardly, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The carton containing the filler is then arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and the flaps or covers bent outward and engaged with hooks 8. The operator is now enabled to use both hands in filling the carton, which operation may be very rapid, as there is no danger of breaking the eggs by dropping them quickly and perhaps a little carelessly in the filler. When the carton is filled, the flaps are closed and interlocked and the carton removed by sliding it longitudinally through one of the open ends of the packer.

When the packer is arranged for shipment, the books may be removed from position or may be slipped inward until they overlap the clamping plates or washers and then secured rigidly in such position by screwing home screws 7, as will be readily understood.

While I prefer the hooks as a part of my packer, they may be dispensed with and the flaps held open reliably by first folding them down vertically against the sides of the carton and then sliding the carton into the packer, the side walls holding the flaps or covers from springing back. By this method it takes a little more time to fill the carton than where the flaps are engaged with the hooks.

The cartons when filled are packed in a case of the usual construction.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced an egg-carton packer embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention, and it is to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention I reserve the right to make all changes which properly fall within its spirit and scope.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An egg-carton packer com prisinga base, sides erected upon the base, a cushion upon the base and between said sides, and means whereby the flaps or covers of a carton upon the cushion to be filled maybe held wide open to give free access to the interior of the carton, substantially as described.

2. An egg-carton packer, com prising a base,

. parallel sides erected upon the base, hooks WILLIAM H. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

CLARK FIERGE, M. OIEsIELsKI. 

